Omnissa App Volumes and Dynamic Environment Manager: Configure and Manage

Tier 1 Operators, administrators, and architects, responsible for the creation, maintenance, and or delivery of remote and virtual desktop services

By the end of this session, attendees should be able to:

• Describe the features, functions, and architecture of App Volumes
• Create and deliver application packages in App Volumes
• Deliver App Volumes published applications to virtual desktops and on-demand, using Horizon
• Run the App Volumes Application Capture Command-Line Program using appcapture.exe
• Perform advanced configuration of App Volumes
• Scale App Volumes to multiple locations and sites
• Describe the features, functions, and architecture of Dynamic Environment Manager
• Manage application configurations, user environment settings, and personalization settings using Dynamic Environment Manager
• Create predefined configurations for applications by using the Application Profiler
• Create predefined configurations for applications by using the Application Profiler
• Manage multiple environments using Dynamic Environment Manager.
• Enable and synchronize the offline use of Dynamic Environment Manager by using SyncTool
• Using Horizon Smart Policies on the Horizon platform.

1 Course Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics
• Course objectives

2 Overview of App Volumes

• Explain features and benefits of App Volumes
• Identify benefits of ThinApp®
• Identify App Volumes components and architecture
• Manage application management stages using App Volumes.

3 Working with Application Packages

• Differentiate between Application, Package and Program
• Create an Application Package
• Assign an Application to an entity
• Use markers to assign the new version of an Application Package
• Differentiate between Classic and On-Demand delivery of applications
• Update an Application with a new Package

4 Published Applications

• Identify the benefits of delivering Published Applications On-Demand
• List the steps and prerequisites for creating Published Applications on Demand
• Integrate Horizon Connection Server and App Volumes Manager
• Associate App Volumes Manager with an automated farm
• Add Application Pools from App Volumes Manager

5 Advanced App Volumes Configuration

• Perform advanced configuration of App Volumes
• Scale App Volumes to multiple locations and sites
• Run the App Volumes Application Capture Command-Line Program using appcapture.exe

6 Overview of Dynamic Environment Manager

• Explain features and benefits of Dynamic Environment Manager
• Identify the components of Dynamic Environment Manager architecture
• Differentiate between user profile scenarios

7 Management Console User Interface

• Configure Personalization settings
• Create Condition sets
• Perform Application migration
• Configure User environment settings

8 Advanced Dynamic Environment Manager Configuration

• Scale Dynamic Environment Manager to multiple locations and sites
• Use Silos
• Run the App Volumes Application Capture Command-Line Program using appcapture.exe

9 Application Configuration Management

• Predefined and user-customized application settings
• Using Application Profiler
• Privilege Elevation

10 SyncTool

• Identify the features of SyncTool
• Implement SyncTool

11 Horizon Smart Policies

• Identify the scope of Horizon Smart Policies
• Configure Horizon Smart Policies settings
• Define Smart Policies Conditions

Before attending this course, you must have the following skills:

• Use vSphere® Web Client
• Create snapshots of virtual machines
• Configure guest customization specifications
• Modify virtual machine properties
• Convert a virtual machine to a template
• Microsoft Windows system administration experience:
• Configure Active Directory services, including DNS, DHCP, and time synchronization
• Restrict user activities by implementing Group Policy Objects
• Configure Windows systems to enable Remote Desktop Connections